The Ministry of Employment and Labor says that the number of employees working at businesses increased two-point-five percent year-on-year to about 16-point-two million in November.
   
The number of regular staffers grew 455-thousand, while the number of non-regular and temporary employees dwindled by 92-thousand.
   
By sector, the number of employees in the health and social welfare industry jumped 86-thousand,  69-thousand in the wholesale and retail industries and 48-thousand in the manufacturing industry.
 
The number of employees hired by hotels and restaurants decreased by six thousand.
 
The number of those newly hired or who returned to work rose three-point-one percent to 665-thousand.
 
The number of employees who changed jobs increased zero-point-two percent to 634-thousand.
   
The average monthly wage of workers at businesses with five regular employees or more stood at approximately three-point-15 million won per person in October.
 
Non-regular and temporary employees received monthly wages of about one-point-46 million won on average.
   
The total working time decreased zero-point-nine hours to 174-point-two hours.